“Let’s not play that game”- Dana White confirms the news of UFC putting a ban on fighters carrying their country’s flag inside the octagon
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Dana White shares a shocking info! UFC 274 turned out to be a huge success. The lineup for the card was amazing, and most fights lived up to their hype. It involved a lot of drama, but in the end, fans were left with a sweet taste in their mouth, and UFC’s management was more than happy about the event’s success.
Charles Oliveira was supposed to defend his undisputed lightweight throne at the main event of UFC 274, but after an unfortunate incident at the weigh-ins, he had to relinquish his belt, and he instead fought for the spot of the contender. Oliveira’s title reign ended on the scale as he missed the weight by 0.5 pounds, but he promised to put on a show against his opponent, Justin Gaethje, and in his mind, he believed he was the champ.
Justin came out guns blazing in the first round, but Oliveira withered the storm and choked him out in the very first round to get the win. The co-main event between Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza turned out to be an absolute snooze-fest. They threw 67 significant strikes combined after 5 rounds, and Carla got the split decision victory to become the champ.
Michael Chandler faced Tony Ferguson in a lightweight contest, and fans were really excited for this one. Tony was looking better than ever, and he dropped Chandler with a crisp shot in the very first round, Chandler recovered well and landed a big front kick to the face to shut his lights off. Ferguson was knocked out for the first time in his career, and fans lost their mind when this happened.
“You guys know why”- Dana White steers away from explaining why they banned fighters from carrying their country’s flag
In another interesting turn of events, Randy Brown gave out a post-fight interview that turned many heads in the MMA community. Brown put on a beautiful performance to get the win against Khaos Williams, and in his interview with Joe Rogan he said, “They didn’t let us get the flag, so shout out Jamaica.”
Dana White was asked if the UFC have banned fighters from walking out with their country’s flag, and instead of giving a straight answer, Dana said, “You guys know why (we banned this) Let’s not even play that f**king game.”
One possible explanation is to stop Russian fighters from walking out with their flag, because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Many athletes from all around the world came in support of Ukraine after this war started, and it looks like the UFC is trying its best to steer away from picking up any unnecessary attention.
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